FamilyMart and Sunkus signboards on display at the entrance of their convenience stores on August 18, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. FamilyMart which is the nation's third-largest convenience store chain is expected to announce that it will acquire a smaller Nagoya-based operator ''Cocostore Corp.'' and its  657 stores. FamilyMart is also expected to integrate operations with UNY Group Holdings Co., which operates the country's fourth largest chain Circle K Sunkus Co., in September 2016. This would see the new group running about 18,400 stores in Japan, 500 more than the largest rival Seven-Eleven. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)
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